Digital BW, The Print

>NO metamerism what so ever (ColorByte's special grayscale mode 
>doesn't 
>use any yellow ink which is the cause for metamerism

Nonsense! Magenta makes troubles.





--- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "thedigitaldog" 
<andrew@d...> wrote:
> Yesterday I spent the day working with the president of ColorByte 
(they make 
> Image Print), Photographer Greg Gorman and the new version of the 
software 
> that drives the 9600/7600 (and within two weeks) the 2200. Gorman 
is trying 
> get neutral B&W using all inks (like many of you). We've built 
custom profiles 
> with the Epson driver but after yesterday, I'm understanding that 
this isn't 
> necessary and that the huge issues with neutrality are primarily 
the Epson 
> driver. 
> 
> The prints we made were DEAD NUTS NEUTRAL from the entire tonal 
range. 
> NO metamerism what so ever (ColorByte's special grayscale mode 
doesn't 
> use any yellow ink which is the cause for metamerism). We viewed 
prints 
> under a GretagMacbeth "Judge II" light box which simulates Daylight 
(D50), 
> Tungsten, Cool White Florescent lights etc. The prints were 
perfectly neutral. 
> 
> The dither is superior to Epsons. The dMax was significantly better 
when 
> sending identical data to the printer using Epson driver (with 
custom profile) 
> verses the canned paper profiles from ColorByte. 
> 
> We were, needless to say, blown away. We need some profiles from 
> ColorByte to see what can be done in color. I've seen output from 
Image Print 
> to a 7600 at a recent show and they looked awesome. I'd like to 
wait until 
> we've tested color with our own set of tests before commenting 
further. But if 
> Image Print can print B&W images like this to our Epson's, I can't 
see why we 
> will not get awesome color. 
> 
> The smoothness of tones is like butter. Image Print uses 8000 
levels of 
> screening (Epson we were told uses a few hundred). All this and the 
print 
> times are the same as using the Epson driver.
> 
> The issues with neutral prints is no longer an issue! I'm not 
kidding when I say 
> that looking at output from the old printing methods verses with 
Image Print, it 
> was like working with a totally new printer. This isn't the 9600 
output Greg and 
> I have been testing for the last 5 or 6 months (we did beta on the 
printer). The 
> quality results are 100% superior to anything we've ever seen.